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The predictive models for population growth and Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the Aral Sea region shows there maybe some stabilization between the two and possibly some positive implications for the region.

Water resources and demand in the Aral Sea regionThe regulation and access to a shared and limited water resource ca be highly influenced by the political geography. The Aral Sea is shrinking at an alarming rate and the amount of consumption of water in the Aral Sea Ba...

By I. Atamuradova, V. Yemelin, P. Rekacewicz, UNEP/GRID-Arendal

Cultivated Land in Aral Sea Region [Russian]Between 1990 and 2000 the area of cultivated land per capita in the Aral Sea region has dramatically reduced. The predictive models to the year 2020 show the increase demand in irrigation of the region. In Russian.

By I. Atamuradova, V. Yemelin, P. Rekacewicz, UNEP/GRID-Arendal

Biodiveristy in Central Asia [Russian]Caspian and Balkhash endemic species are under threat of extinction. It is estimated that ten percent of total area needs to be protected in order to sustain development and the countries of the region are seriously behi...

By I. Atamuradova, V. Yemelin, P. Rekacewicz, UNEP/GRID-Arendal

Cultivated Land in Aral Sea RegionBetween 1990 and 2000 the area of cultivated land per capita in the Aral Sea region has dramatically reduced. The predictive models to the year 2020 show the increase demand in irrigation of the region.

By I. Atamuradova, V. Yemelin, P. Rekacewicz, UNEP/GRID-Arendal

Biodiveristy in Central AsiaCaspian and Balkhash endemic species are under threat of extinction. It is estimated that ten percent of total area needs to be protected in order to sustain development and the countries of the region are seriously behi...

By I. Atamuradova, V. Yemelin, P. Rekacewicz, UNEP/GRID-Arendal

Can the Aral Sea produce enough food? [Russian]The Aral Sea is facing a challenge in producing enough food for the surrounding area. In all predictive models of climate change rate the region will be in for hard times when it comes to producing food by the year 2020....

By I. Atamuradova, V. Yemelin, P. Rekacewicz, UNEP/GRID-Arendal

Development in Central Asia [Russian]The predictive models for population growth and Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the Aral Sea region shows there maybe some stabilization between the two and possibly some positive implications for the region. In Russian.

By I. Atamuradova, V. Yemelin, P. Rekacewicz, UNEP/GRID-Arendal

Poverty in Central Asia [Russian]More than forty percent of central asians live below the poverty line and in Tajikistan it is above eighty percent. Also indicated in this slide is the low income equality index results for Central Asia. In Russian.